Evaluation of Proactivity Julia Alvarez’s novel‚ In the Time of the Butterflies‚ portrays the lives of four sisters who grow up during General Trujillo’s dictatorship of the Dominican Republic. Once of age‚ the four sisters‚ Minerva‚ Patria‚ Maria Teresa‚ and Dede each choose their own level of involvement in the rebellion against Trujillo. In Habit One of‚ The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People‚ author Stephen R. Covey writes‚ “[proactivity] means that as human beings‚ we are responsible for
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The reader is introduced to Maria Teresa as a youthful girl‚ who was too innocent to fathom her own fate. “Dear Little Book‚ Minerva gives you to me today for my First Communion. You are so pretty with a mother of pearl cover and a little latch like a prayerbook. I will have such fun writing on your tissue-thin pages” (Alvarez 30) Maria Teresa‚ or Maté‚ receives her first “Little Book” from her sister Minerva and does not grasp its purpose‚ and does not take it as seriously as Minerva expects her
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the beginning of the novel‚ Teresa is unaware of her relation to Tomas Urrea. Tomas is depicted as a powerful patron‚ who was able to utilize women at his pleasure; meaning that he had children spread out in a small village in Mexico‚ where the novel takes place. Throughout this analysis the character of Teresita will be explained. Since Teresa’s mother abandons her at a young age‚ she develops a relationship with the curandera‚ or healer; Huila. Huila teaches Teresa to be resistant to the temptations
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true story about the love between four sisters‚ and their families. Julia tells all in her heroic story through one of the Mirabal sisters‚ Maria. Maria Teresa Mirabal the youngest of the sisters was very passionate about what she believed in. Maria always looked up to her older sister Minerva and decided to join her sisters in their political activities. Maria became a martyr as a result of her political stance against their dictator Trujillo. Trujillo was the dictator for the Dominican Republic
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Mirabal Fernández and Mercedes "Chea" Reyes Camilo. These women followed their convictions with bravery and selflessness to fight for what they believed. To fight against a dictator’s rule they felt was wrong. Three of them - Patria‚ Minerva‚ and Maria Teresa - gave their lives for their cause. Some henchmen following the Dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo orders killed them savagely. The four sisters and the group they were involved in were a threat to this commanding dictator. They were involved with
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she says‚ “tell me all of it.” (Alvarez 5). She starts off by describing the three girls‚ Minerva‚ Maria Teresa‚ and Patria. “Yes‚ so different. Minerva was always into her wrongs and rights.” Dede3 realizes she is speaking to the picture of Minerva‚ as if she were assigning her a part‚ pinning her down with a handful of adjectives‚ the beautiful‚ intelligent‚ high-minded Minerva. “And Maria Teresa‚ ay‚ Dios‚” Dedė sighs‚ emotion in her voice in spite of herself. “Still a girl when she died‚ probecita
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"A chill goes through her‚ for she feels it in her bones‚ the future is now beginning. By the time it is over‚ it will be the past‚ and she doesn’t want to be the only one left to tell their story." Chapter 1‚ page 10 Dede feels this chill as her family moves inside from under the anacahuita tree‚ where they have been relaxing‚ after her father mistakenly mentions Trujillo’s name in an unfavorable way. For Dede in 1994‚ this is "the moment she has fixed in her memory as zero‚" when the events
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world around her. While at boarding school with Patria and Maria Teresa‚ she meets a girl named Sinita who tells her the truth about Trujillo. Minerva realizes that her country isn’t as she thought it was. Patria realizes the same thing while out on a retreat in the mountains. She witnesses a young man about the age of Noris‚ get gunned down. That’s when she realizes how bad the Dominican Republic is getting because of Trujillo. Maria Teresa was very immature throughout the novel but once the girls
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Theme: It takes courage to stand up for what you believe is right. 1. “I asked Minerva why she was doing such a dangerous thing. And then‚ she said the strangest thing. She wanted me to grow up in a free country” (Alvarez 39). While Minerva and Maria Teresa are in school at Inmaculada Concepcion‚ Minerva starts sneaking out to secret meetings regarding the unfair government. When she explains to Mate where she had been sneaking off to‚ Mate does not understand and disapproves of the meetings. Although
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